Big Brother-style surveillance gives new insight into Amazon's hidden wildlife
Wednesday, 15 May 2019
9:00 AM MYT
TEF, Brazil: Scientists are deploying ultra-sensitive sensors in the Amazon to collect images and sounds of the rainforests rich biodiversity in real time, in an effort to track preservation efforts.
The Big Brother-style Providence Project was launched two years ago by French scientist Michel Andre of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and Mamiraua Sustainable Development Institute in northern Brazil.
I want to help the rest of the world understand the urgency of protecting the Amazon rainforest and supporting conservation initiatives, says Andre, who is director of the universitys bioacoustic applications laboratory.
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Those smart ears are sending the data in real time to my laboratory where we are analysing them with the help of the local indigenous communities of Mamiraua and the biologists of the institute.
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